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CVE-2011-1595 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in the disk_create function in disk.c in rdesktop before 1.7.0, when disk redirection is enabled, allows…

published 2011-05-24 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-1595

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the disk_create function in disk.c in rdesktop before 1.7.0, when disk redirection is enabled, allows remote RDP servers to read or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.

Patch / fix

  • rdesktop Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.7.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1595

  • rdesktop RHEL 5 1.6.0-3.el5_6.2
  • rdesktop RHEL 6 1.6.0-8.el6_0.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0506

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-1595 updated cvss 4.3

rdesktop remote file access

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server) rdesktop 1.6.0-3.el5_6.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) rdesktop 1.6.0-8.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rdesktop 1.6.0-8.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rdesktop 1.6.0-8.el6_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0506

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676252 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.